Hammer



(No Model.) J. WOLF.

HAMMER. No. 328,248. Patented July 28, 1885.

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HAMMER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.323,248, dated July 28,1885.

Application filed December 10, 1884. (No model.)

To allv whom it may con/cern:

Be it known that I, JosEF WOLF, of Hoboken, in the county of Hudson and State of N ew Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hammers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has reference to certain improvements in hammers, whereby a reliable connection between the handle and body of the hammer is obtained and the hammer adapted to be used for other purposes; and the invention consists of a hammer the handle of which is set int-o the eye of the hammerbody and retained therein by means of metallic bushings having inwardly projecting wedges and exterior locking-cheeks.

Theinvention consists, secondly, of thehammer-body having a socket at one end, a detachable claw orother implement having a shank, and means whereby the implement is secured to the socket of the hammer-body, as will more fully appear hereinafter, and nally be pointed out in the claims.

ln the accompanying drawings, Figure l is avertical longitudinal section of my improved hammer, drawn on a large scale. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section on line x Fig. l; Fig. 3, a top view of the hammer-body, and Fig. 4 a detail inside view of one of the bushings by which the handle is connected to the hammerbody.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the handle, B the hammer-body, and G C two bushings by which the handle is connected to the eye of the hammer-body B. The bushings C C have concavo-convex shanks, and are provided at their upper ends with iianges c, that exteiid at right angles to the shanks, and with vtapering wedges b, that ext-end at right angles the eye of the hammer-body, so that the flanges a a, close the upper end of the eye of the hamincr-body.V The handle A is then inserted through the lower end of the hammer-body and driven home, so that the wedges b b enter into the handle and form a rigid connection therewith. The screw eis then passed through the handle and bushings C C, whereby a reliable connection between handle and hammer-body-is obtained.

It is obvious that this handle attachment may also be used for hatchets, axes, and other edge-toolsandsimilarimplements. Theclawshaped end B of the hammer-body B is made detachable, so that it can be interchanged` with other implements. The claw B or other implement is provided with a shank, B2, that is fitted into the socket of the body B and Vsecured thereto by means of a screw, f, in the bushing C, which is castor otherwise attached to the projection dof the bushing, as shown in Fig. l. The screw f passes through the opening of the hammer-body into a screwsocket of the shank B'Z, so that the latter can be readily screwed on.

Then it is desired to detach the claw B', it is turned around the axis of the shank B until the shank is entirely unscrewed from the screw f. For attaching the claw or other implement the shank B is screwed on the screw f until the shank abutsl against the bottom of the socket.

Different implements may thus be used in connect-ion with the hammer-such as claws, picks, cutting-tools, &c.-whereby it becomes a combination-tool that can be advantageously used for many different purposes.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure -by Letters Paten t- 1. rlhe combination of the handle, a hammer-body having an eye and locking-recesses at both sides of said eye, bushings provided with end flanges, rearwardly projecting wedges', and exterior projections, and means for fastening the bushings to the handle, substantially as set forth.

2. In a handle attachment to hammers and other tools, a bushing having a concavo-convex shank, an end flange, an inwardly-pio' jecting wedge, and an exterior rounded-off projection, substantially as described.

3. The combination of a handle, a hammer- IOO In testimony that; I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name in presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

JOSEF VOLF.

7Witnesses:

threaded socket {itt/ing over the screw, sub- GARL IIABP,

SIDNEY MANN.

stantially as set forth. 

